Taranatha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Taranatha

What is the meaning of the name Taranatha ?

The baby name Taranatha is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /tɑːrəˈnɑːtʰə/ — tah-rah-NAH-thah (aspirated 'th').

Taranatha is Sanskrit in Origin.

Taranatha is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin, found across the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Buddhist world. Etymology is read in two complementary ways: from tāra ‘to carry across, deliverance’ (or the noun tāraṇa ‘ferrying across’) plus nātha ‘lord, protector’, giving “lord who brings deliverance” or “protector who helps one cross (to liberation)”; or from the theonym Tārā (the savior goddess) with nātha, implying “Lord/Protector associated with Tārā” or “one protected by Tārā.” The spiritual connotations make it popular in monastic and scholarly circles.

The name is best known from Tāranātha (1575–1634), the eminent Jonang historian and tantric master whose writings shaped later Tibetan Buddhism. In modern South Asia it appears among scholars and writers (e.g., Nepali linguist Taranath Sharma). Variants and spellings include Tārānātha (IAST), Tāranātha, Taranatha, and Taranath; related short forms are Taran and Nath as independent names or surnames.

⚙ Taranatha is vanishingly rare. We hold just 6 recorded uses of it, from 4 countries.